EASTERN ETHIOPIA

DIRE DEWA

Dire Dawa is city in Harar region. It is a commercial and industrial center located on the Addis Ababa–Djibouti railroad. Manufactures include processed meat, vegetable oil, textiles, and cement. There are also railroad workshops in the city. Dire Dawa was founded in 1902 when the railroad from Djibouti reached the area, and its growth has resulted largely from trade brought by the railroad place of interest in this very interesting town is the local market and the railway station with the old trains.

HARAR, (The walled city of exotic mosaic culture)

No journey along Ethiopia’s great historic route would be complete without a visit to the medieval walled city of Harar, which stands among green mountains (at an elevation of 1885 meters) on the east wall of the Great Rift Valley 500 km from Addis Ababa and near to the Somali border, with its more than 90 mosques and shrines, is considered the fourth most sacred center of the Islamic world, registered by UNSCO as world heritage in 2008

GAMBELLA

The Gambella region is located in the western part of Ethiopia the region Is rich in wild life. The gambella national park hosts populations of elephants, buffalo, lion, olive babbon, gurezza monkeys as well as several rare antelopes and many bird species.

The region is less frequented by tourist due to its remoteness.